wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950
ISBN: 9780415215008 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind, this book will be fascinating reading for historians, social scientists, as well as those involved in Asian studies, or economic history.
Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian her...
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259,80 zł |
Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy : A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950
ISBN: 9780415199186 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The drug trade was a significant element underpinning the whole of colonial market expansion and British imperial economy. This work explores in detail the growth and development of the opium trade in relation to colonial market expansion.
The drug trade was a significant element underpinning the whole of colonial market expansion and British imperial economy. This work explores in detai...
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753,56 zł |
Singapore : Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control
ISBN: 9780415263856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is an attempt to understand and analyze Singapore's culture of control. In addition to being a nation which has moved very rapidly from colonial status to one of the economic power houses of Asia in less than forty years, Singapore is also one of the most intensively controlled societies in the world. The state offers the paradox of a free enterprise economy alongside one of the most rigorously policed and closely directed social formations in existence. This book explores the city-state's colonial heritage as well as the forces that helped to mould its current social...
This book is an attempt to understand and analyze Singapore's culture of control. In addition to being a nation which has moved very rapidly from colo...
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701,59 zł |
Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780877271345 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual...
An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine...
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93,49 zł |
Singapore: Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control
ISBN: 9780415263863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume examines Singapore s culture of control, exploring the city-state s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape. Taking a comparative approach, Trocki demonstrates the links between Singapore s colonial past and independent present, focusing on the development of indigenous social and political movements. In particular, the book examines the efforts of Lee Yew Kuan, leader of the People s Action Party from 1959 until 1990, to produce major economic and social transformation. Trocki discusses how Singapore became a workers... This volume examines Singapore s culture of control, exploring the city-state s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould i... |
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197,43 zł |
Singapore: A Modern History
ISBN: 9781350133877 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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129,93 zł |